Abraham’s Valley
Vale Abraão · dir. Manoel de Oliveira
France, Portugal, Switzerland 1993, 187’
Screenings
23 October, 21:45 · Od Nowa – large hall
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father's friend. They move to the Valley of Abraham. Carlo loves her, but decides to sleep in a separate room, to avoid waking Ema when he has to return late at night. With time she begins to feel unhappy about her marriage so, with all the freedom she has, she takes a lover.
| Director: | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Screenplay: | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Cinematography: | Mário Barroso |
| Editing: | Manoel de Oliveira, Valérie Loiseleux |
| Cast: | Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho, Luís Lima Barreto |
| Awards: | MFF w São Paulo / São Paulo IFF – Nagroda Krytyków / Critics Award (1993) |
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